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Timberlands Social Responsibility

Timberland - Corporate Social Responsibility

How do Timberlands social responsibility efforts and high ethical standards benefit the company

Timberland 's CSR (Corporate social responsibility ) efforts benefit the company in a number of ways

By involving all stakeholders be it consumers , employees or stock holders , Timberland ensures that it is not business as usual ' but much more towards giving back to the community from which it derives sustenance

By contributing to the local community through PIES (Partners in education and service ) and other projects , it ensures that the local community is

made to feel like part of the family

Timberland is undertaking thirteen different projects with the local community and the employee 's involvement sparks what the management calls a revolution ' in social justice

Over the past several years , corporate America has been shaken by a series of scandals involving the top management and the whole image of these companies had taken a severe beating . Timberland , by its CSR efforts has ensured that all its stakeholders have a positive approach towards the company and this helps it in its business efforts

Why is the leader 's personal involvement key

By aligning themselves with the social responsibility efforts Timberland 's management has ensured that

Their personal involvement ensures that the employees are motivated and follow the leader ' in their efforts towards CSR

By letting employees get a paid leave of 40 hours to contribute towards CSR efforts , the leadership of Timberland is sending a strong message to all the stakeholders about its sincerity and commitment towards the community projects

The fact that the leadership was present at the meeting of volunteers to kick off the CSR efforts is a signal that everyone is involved

Timberland is striving to create a brand identity for itself as a caring and ethical company . Towards this , the leadership wants to ensure that it does not fall into the quagmire of profit driven unethical behavior and instead engage themselves with the community at large...

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